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33 sats \ 10 replies \ @grayruby 9h \ on: The Impression of Impropriety Stacker_Sports
I was thinking about this the other day. It won't happen but if everyone boycotted the Super Bowl and betting on the Super Bowl if the Chiefs get in because they think it will be rigged changes would come swiftly but seems unlikely most people care enough and that would be difficult to coordinate.
Maybe something more marginal, though. If interest in betting on the Super Bowl, or more likely the AFC Championship Game, is substantially lower than normal, then the casinos might push for cleaning up the officiating.
It has to hit someone in the wallet, though, before anyone's going to do anything about it. I suppose the other owners might push for it, since their teams lose out on playoff revenue.
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I also thought it would be cool if someone did an academic analysis with the help of AI to determine the level of bias in officiating and how many games it ultimately decides and who it skews them for and against.
If the results are significant it likely gets picked up by all media.
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I've seen things like that before.
I recall something done many years ago demonstrating the strong officiating bias against the Raiders in the years after Al Davis sued the league.
There was also a media cycle a few years ago about how the Rockets were doing analytics on specific refs and I think that involved demonstrations of bias.
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Brady's buddy from TB.
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If Pete Carroll's happy with it, then so am I. If not, then we should have just kept Telesco.
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